Across the Borderline
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Monday, November 20, 2006
here comes some stuff
Hi Chris--
I'm putting this stuff in the mail to you today. I'm going to send it next day, hopefully you'll have it in time for the holiday weekend. I really enjoyed making these, there are about 35 pieces in all, plus a few things I just threw in...you'll see. I'm also sending you a few exhibition pamphlets and a roll of that tape I was telling you about that works great on the school paper. I'm getting ideas about how to start some other things.
I think of these as "drawings with you in mind." They're all on the buff paper I bought after seeing your drawings. The orange ones are done with that beautiful Japanese ink we bought in Berkeley when I was visiting you. In my mind, the orange and black ones riff off the feel of your html drawings. The black ones are made with black gesso by the way. I think it looks as good on paper as it does on the canvas.
Then there are the various colored ones. You'll see they're made with a single band of tape. We've talked about your personal preference not to use tape. In response to that you'll see that a few of these show the ripped edge of the tape. They're less neat and tidy as they first appear...something about the rip...a "hand" in that process...a relation to the hand-tearing of the individual sheets. The two images posted here show me playing with ways to group them or install them. Just put that in your thoughts. It's just sketching. At the moment I prefer them in horizontal groups. But it's in your court now.
You'll see I've initialed all of them on back. Add your initials or signature after mine to the ones you work on. Then we can keep track of order. I've also specified orientation on some, but not all.
Looking forward to getting your stuff.